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Enright, Gwyn, Ed. – 1979
The articles in this publication cover a variety of topics related to college reading instruction. The topics of the twenty-two papers include the following: (1) innovation in audio-visual vocabulary programs, (2) a survey of learning centers/laboratories in Hawaii, (3) a summer program for high risk readers, (4) oral reading tests and black…
Descriptors: Computers, Conference Papers, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories
Cotton, Eileen G., Ed. – 1986
Representing the expertise of university education professors and public school teachers, the articles in these proceedings focus on encouraging reading and fostering lifelong reading habits. Titles of the papers and their authors are as follows: (1) "Television and Books: Friends or Foes" (Jeannetta H. Caplan); (2) "Encouraging the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Family Environment, Foreign Countries
Lumpkin, Donavon, Ed.; And Others – 1988
Articles in this eighth yearbook of the American Reading Forum address the dilemmas of teaching reading. Articles, listed with their authors, are as follows: (1) "Deepening a Dilemma: Stylus vs. Computer Writing at an Early Primary Level" (J. Heep); (2) "Concept Maps and Vee Diagrams: Strategies To Deal with the Dilemma of the Restricted…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Content Area Reading, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension
Fleming, Delryn R., Ed. – 1982
The articles in this publication focus on various concerns of college reading instructors. The topics of the twenty-four articles include (1) study strategies, (2) a fundamental skills initiative of the Navy, (3) special methods of teaching cursive handwriting to alleviate the writing problems of older beginners, (4) motivational techniques for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cursive Writing, Higher Education, Reading Centers
Download full textHayes, Bernard L., Ed.; Camperell, Kay, Ed. – 1989
Articles in this yearbook address the problems associated with how reading research informs practice. Articles, listed with their authors, are as follows: (1) "Reading Research into Policy and Practice: Practitioner's Viewpoint" (Deborah L. Thompson); (2) "Michigan's Reading Program: A Decade of Change" (Elaine M. Weber); (3)…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Researchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation
PDF pending restorationHayes, Bernard L., Ed.; Camperell, Kay, Ed. – 1990
This yearbook contains papers which relate to issues in administering, supervising, researching, teaching, implementing, assessing, and strengthening programs and approaches in reading. The 22 papers and their authors are as follows: "Reading in Early America" (Ruskin Teeter); "Looking Back for the Future: Amish Literacy and Its…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Branyan, Brenda, Ed. – 1977
This workshop, sponsored by the Department of Instructional Media, Utah State University, gave special consideration to the relationship between the art and science of reading, and developing self-awareness. Dr. Jean E. Lowrie addressed her papers to reading maturity, reading guidance, and reading programs on an international level. Dr. Stan…
Descriptors: Conferences, Humanistic Education, Individualized Reading, International Education
Asheim, Lester, Ed.; And Others – 1983
The items in this book were drawn from a symposium intended to (1) recommend priorities in national educational policy relating to reading; (2) focus attention on the essential role of an active two-way, family-school partnership in encouraging reading as a lifetime habit; and (3) help various organizations concerned with literacy and reading…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Library Role
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1988
Emphasizing the generic nature of reading behavior and providing a forum to explore this behavior, this book contains the following papers: (1) "Literacy Begins at Home" (Nancy Larrick); (2) "Literacy--Signs for Our Times" (Lil Thompson); (3) "Diversity and Its Discontents" (Arturo Madrid); (4) "May We Always Hear the Bell: The Teaching of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Tremaine, M. G., Ed.; Wagner, G. A., Ed. – 1980
Readability in distance learning, the cloze procedure as a means of assessing readability, and the preparation of distance learning materials are addressed in the following 14 conference papers: "Some Suggestions for Improving the Reading/Comprehension Skills of Students at a Distance" (Jean Anderson); "Student Response to the…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Design Requirements, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Clancy, Peter L. – 1982
Students at 19 Michigan elementary schools in 17 districts showed a dramatic improvement in Michigan Educational Assessment Program test score results from 1976 to 1979. A three-pronged effort to identify the factors associated with the improvement involved a computer analysis of school demographic data, field interviews, and a symposium of 107…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Assessment
Perin, Dolores, Ed. – 1990
In a series of conferences provided for faculty and support staff in several community colleges in the New York City metropolitan area, presentations were made on instructing college students with learning disabilities. Summaries of 15 of these presentations are offered, with the following titles and presenters: "Applying Learning…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Community Colleges, Handicap Identification
McCreath, Peter L., Ed. – 1981
This handbook was prepared from presentations made at an inservice workshop for teachers in Nova Scotia, Canada on multicultural education. In an introductory article, Paul Robinson describes his personal experiences in trying to prepare a multicultural curriculum, and the participation of members of Canadian ethnic communities in that activity.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingualism, Canada Natives, Childrens Literature
Capute, Arnold J., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This volume, the proceedings of a 1992 conference, presents 14 papers which take a neuropsychological approach to attention deficit disorder, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, and learning disabilities. Papers have the following titles and authors: "A New Conceptual Model for Dyslexia" (Sally E. Shaywitz et al.);…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology)
